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Commerce Heads To Elite Eight

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Wednesday, March 3. 2010

Commerce's Tigers have been called a scrappy team team on the court, and they proved it moments ago as they defeated St. Francis in the final seconds of the round two playoff game. The Tigers advance to play the winner of Whitefield Academy versus Paideia at Marietta High School this Friday after a 52-48 victory in the second round. Update: The ... [Full Story »]

Late tip-in sends Jefferson to round two

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Wednesday, March 3. 2010

Dragons defeat Manchester to advance in state play For 31 minutes, things looked tough for the Dragon Nation, as Jefferson worked to close the gap on the Manchester Blue Devils. But a three-pointer followed by a tip-in in the last 16 seconds of play left the crowd cheering and meant the Dragons would be continuing on in state play with a ... [Full Story »]

Panthers open season with trio of wins

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Wednesday, March 3. 2010

The Jackson County Panthers got their 2010 season off to a strong start last week, winning their first three games against Lumpkin County, Forest Park and Johnson. Up next for the Panthers is a trip to Gainesville to again face Johnson Thursday. The Knights enter play this week with a 2-1 record, their lone loss having come at the hands of ... [Full Story »]

BCHS golf delayed by snow

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Wednesday, March 3. 2010

The start of the Banks County golf season was set for Tuesday, as the boys’ and girls’ golfers were to face Habersham until snow postponed the match. A make up date had not been announced at press time. Coming up next is the first round at the Leopards home course of Hammer’s Glenn as Banks takes on Prince Avenue and East Jackson. Tee ...

Diamond Doggs continue hot pace

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Wednesday, March 3. 2010

The Winder-Barrow High School baseball team continued to be offensive Monday afternoon. Coach Brian Smith’s Diamond Doggs were certainly offensive to visiting Eastside as they plated 18 runs on their way to a dominating 18-3 win which was mercifully called off after four innings. It was a true display of offense for WBHS, who moved to 4-0 ... [Full Story »]

Diamond Raiders still searching for first victory

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Wednesday, March 3. 2010

This isn’t the way Madison County’s newly-minted varsity baseball players and few remaining veterans wanted to start 2010. The Red Raiders, who lost seven seniors off last year’s 21-win team, are 0-2 after losing handily to Alcovy 9-0 (Feb. 24) and Jefferson 9-2 (Feb. 25) at home. Coach Charlie Griffeth said there’s a lot of growing ... [Full Story »]

Postponed - Tigers Vs Knights In Sweet 16

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Tuesday, March 2. 2010

The second round of the state class A playoffs pits Commerce against 7A second seed St. Francis. That game was scheduled for Tuesday night, but was postponed until Wednesday at 7:15 p.m. at CHS because of the snow. Also delayed until tomorrow is the Commerce baseball game against Franklin. The Diamond Tigers will host Franklin Wednesday at 5:30 ...

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